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She had an extraordinary capacity to bring together conflicting ideas while also challenging political leaders to be their best selves. Her political experience as a Cleveland City Council member and a strategic leader of the Ohio Democratic Party has given her a unique view on government procedures and how to transcend party attitudes.

Turner has decades of experience as a college lecturer and motivational speaker outside of politics. She travels around the country on a regular basis to inspire action and optimism in groups of more than 20,000 people.

Turner creates strong relationships with people from all walks of life as an advocate for progressive causes such as labor, women's reproductive health, voting rights, and the eradication of wealth and economic disparity. She was chosen as the Democratic nominee for Ohio's Secretary of State election in 2014 for all of these reasons and more.

Turner is known for telling the truth, even when doing so is controversial. She was selected "Most Valuable State Senator" by The Nation magazine in 2011, and she was named one of the top 100 most prominent African-Americans in the United States by The Root in 2014.

She was named one of the top 25 most prominent persons in Northeast Ohio by Cleveland's Inside Business Magazine in 2015. Turner is a founding fellow of the Sanders Institute, a group of leaders devoted to improving American democracy via research, education, outreach, and the advocacy of bold, progressive ideas and ideals, in addition to her leadership at Our Revolution.

She has been on "Meet The Press," "The Bill Maher Show," Comedy Central's "The President's Show," "Democracy Now," the "Rickey Smiley Morning Show," "The Breakfast Club," "The Bill Press Show," and the "Thom Hartmann Radio Show," among other national television and radio shows.

Turner also appears often on CNN's "The State of the Union with Jake Tapper" and "CNN Tonight with Don Lemon" as a political pundit.